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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?
(a) "Secluded."
(b) "Lonely."
(c) "Darkened."
(d) "Dim."

2. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?
(a) In his bones.
(b) In his stomach.
(c) In his blood.
(d) In his throat.

3. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Six years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Seven years.

4. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) John Keats.
(d) William Wordsworth.

5. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(b) The positive memories created for others.
(c) Gestures of love and respect from others.
(d) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?

2. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

3. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?

4. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?

5. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?

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